Dikan partners with dEX, to screen The Eyes of Ghana documentary at DDC26

In partnership with Dikan, dEX Ghana Foundation will host a special screening of The Eyes of Ghana, the acclaimed documentary directed by Ben Proudfoot, at the National Theatre of Ghana on Friday, November 13, at 6:30 pm.

The screening is part of Day 2 of DDC26, the seventh dEX Design Conference.

The Eyes of Ghana spotlights 93-year-old Chris Hesse, who served as personal cameraman to Ghana's founding president, Kwame Nkrumah. Today, Hesse is leading efforts to preserve and restore more than 1,300 reels of historic film footage that capture crucial moments in Ghana's national history and the broader African liberation movement.

The film, from two-time Oscar winner Ben Proudfoot, premiered at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival. Breakwater Studios and Higher Ground, the production company founded by Barack and Michelle Obama, produced it, and the Obamas are executive producers.

American streamer IShowSpeed joined as a producer, his first project in that role, after visiting Ghana on his Speed Does Africa tour. The film played for one night in cinemas across the United States and Canada on 28 October.

Dikan has previously brought the film to diverse audiences across the country, and is facilitating this latest screening at DDC26 to highlight the vital connection between sustainability and cultural preservation.

It also reflects a belief Dikan and dEX share: that African knowledge and history should be accessible to the creatives who will build on it.

The screening sits within Day 2, Planet, which looks at what design decisions leave behind and whether what we build lasts. Hesse's story is about exactly that: a creative professional who decided a nation's memory was worth protecting, and spent decades making sure it survived.

"Chris Hesse spent a lifetime protecting a part of Ghana's story. Preserving what matters takes people who care and systems that last, and that is the idea behind everything we build at dEX.

"We are proud to partner with Dikan to bring this film to the National Theatre during DDC26, in front of the designers, students and storytellers who will decide what Ghana preserves and creates next," said Daniel Ampofo, Founder and President of dEX Ghana Foundation.

The screening takes place in the evening, after the Day 2 main stage programme. DDC26 passes are available at ticket.dexghana.org.